A process for producing a plant protein ingredient and the plant protein ingredient is disclosed. The process may comprise comminuting the plant material into particles, thereby obtaining comminuted plant material； separating the particles of the comminuted plant material into a finer fraction and a coarser fraction； washing the finer fraction with an aqueous alcohol solution for reducing the solubility of proteins contained in the finer fraction, thereby obtaining a washed finer fraction； enzymatically treating the washed finer fraction to remove at least a part of the phytate and/or cell wall components to obtain an enzymatically treated finer fraction, and optionally removing at least a part of water soluble components from the enzymatically treated finer fraction, thereby obtaining the plant protein ingredient； and drying the plant protein ingredient to a moisture content of at most 45 % (w/w).
